A Southerner living abroad, Jack McCall is scarred by tragedy and betrayal. His desperate desire to find peace after his wife’s suicide draws him into a painful, intimate search for the one haunting secret in his family’s past that can heal his anguished heart. Spanning three generations and two continents, from the contemporary ruins of the American South to the ancient ruins of Rome, from the unutterable horrors of the Holocaust to the lingering trauma of Vietnam, sings with life’s pain and glory. It is a novel of lyric intensity and searing truth, another masterpiece among Pat Conroy’s legendary and beloved novels. “Astonishing . . . stunning . . . The range of passions and subjects that bring life to every page is almost endless.” “Magnificent . . . clearly Conroy’s best.” “Blockbuster writing at its best.” “Pat Conroy’s writing contains a virtue now rare in most contemporary fiction: passion.” “A powerful, heartfelt tale.”